Closet Claustrophobia

I am a closet claustrophobic.

How To Get Better At Something

How do you get better at something?

You do it.

Oxygenated Water

Would oxygenated water benefit you any more than regular water?

I know there is already oxygen in there, but there could be more. Then again, I guess that would just bring us  to something like carbonated water. But, maybe without the carbon?

What about extra-hydrated water?

Topic: IQ Tests

Is there a [good] reason to take one?

If I score low, then I may feel bad.
If I score high, then I may be in a false sense of security/entitlement and possibly have a more profound ego.
If I score average, then okay... Do I need to know I'm average?

How does one's life improve after taking an IQ test. But, then again, maybe I just want to know for the sake of knowing. And not ever share it with anybody?

ps - If one scores low, then hopefully it would be used more as a motivating factor. Maybe.

Topic: Internet Explorer

Borrow friends computer -> Right click IE Desktop icon -> Properties -> Change Target to "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00"

"Curiosity Killed The Cat"

"Curiosity killed the cat."

It wasn't that the cat was too curious. It was that the cat was curious about the wrong thing.

Question: Space Shuttles

When space shuttles launch, the seem to be making a large arc (not going up straight). So, my first question was, why don't the space shuttles go straight up? Then, I thought, maybe it is going straight up... Maybe it is just us on Earth that is rotating away...

Topic: Paper Weights

Do people actually use paper weights? Isn't gravity enough to keep papers down?

Question: Kitchen Counters

Is there a typical height of a kitchen counter? Is there an optimal height?

Just looked it up and apparently, yes, three feet is the standard height of kitchen counter. This is supposed to be a compromise between tall people and short people.

[1] http://ergonomics.about.com/od/kitchen/f/counter_height.htm
[2] http://www.houzz.com/discussions/28971/Is-there-a-standard-kitchen-counter-height----

Funny Self

Is it a sign of some sort of intelligence to be able to make fun of oneself?

Topic: Shower

How to take a shower:
1. Wet.
2. Soap.
3. Rinse.

Each step should take, at most, about one minute. Thus, three minutes total.

Caveat: If you have long hair, then you can take longer.

Topic: Food

I only eat a certain amount of food everyday... Everything that I can get my hands on.

Conditioners

Conditioners, the anti-hair-gel. The antithesis of spiky hair.

Why don't recruiters say which company the open positions are for?

(Third-party) headhunters, aka recruiters, aka talent sourcers don't say which company they are recruiting for because that would allow the perspective employee to go around them and talk to the company directly. Then, the headhunter wouldn't get their (possible) bonus.

Everyday

"The hardest thing I have to do every day is to decide what to ignore."

Pop-Tarts In Milk

Eating Pop-Tarts dipped in milk tastes really good. So far, I have just tried the Oreo Pop-Tarts. Next, I may try first toasting the pastries, then dipping them in milk. =b

Question: Music

If you don't listen to the radio or check social medias, then how do you know how popular artists and songs are?

Your Reach Is More Than You Think

A person an inch taller than another can reach up one and a half inches higher.

A person two inches taller than another can reach up three inches higher.

On average.

For purposes of this post, people's arm-spans are exactly the same as their height (I know it can vary a few inches).

So, when a person is 2 inches taller, they also have 2 inches to give to the length of their arms, approximately 1 inch would go to each arm (assuming that each person's torso is the same width).

Pyramid Scheme Of Helping

I want to start a pyramid scheme to help others. People I randomly help must help others and tell them to help others, recursively.

But, then again, you can't force anybody to do something they don't want to do. Though, they may just need to be reminded every now and then to think about others.

We Breathe Through Our Skin

It's an idea that I had a long time ago.

Many years ago I tested holding my breath in water and out of the water. And, I'm pretty sure that it was easier to hold my breathe out of the water.

Though, one possible reason could be that staying under the water requires more energy.

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About 5-10 months ago I was talking about scuba and reminded that once you are in water, there is a lot more pressure all around you. Thus, it is harder to breath in a full breath. It may be harder to breath in, but it doesn't effect lung capacity.